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Monthly Archives: November 2013
What’s Your Gastronomic Age?
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “I Like What I Eat” from Songs To Strike A Chord by Jon Barker. A wonderful book by Annette Hope, “Londoners’ Larder’, traces “English Cuisine from Chaucer to the Present”, published in 2005. Tracing … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Cooking and Social History, Cooking Technology, Eating, Food Trends, Vintage Cookbooks
Tagged Annette Hope, Beefaroni, cookbooks, Cooking, El Bulli, English Cuisine, Ferran Adria, food history, Gastronomic Age, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kitchen Gadgets, London, Molecular Gastronomy, social history, time capsules, Wylie Dufresne
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Turkey and “The Shroud of Turin”
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “Turkey in the Straw” from Barnyard Bluegrass by Astrograss. Released: 2011 Yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, I decided to try a different recipe for cooking the big bird. Now, I know, as a cook, one should … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Cooking Technology, Eating, Food Trends, Recipes
Tagged Cheesecloth, cookbooks, Cooking, Food Photos, Guy Fieri, High Altitude, Michael Symon, Spinach Tiger, time capsules, Turkey
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Food Folly Fotos Part 2
On October 20th, I published “Food Folly Fotos” and here is Part 2 for your amusement and delight. In my cookbook library, I have many ‘vintage’ cookbooks, advertiser’s recipe booklets and such. Part of the fun is leafing through the … Continue reading
Did Norman Rockwell Really Like Jell-O?
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music -“Royalty Free 1920s Music 071” from Royalty Free 1920s Music, Vol. 2 (Special Edition) by 1920s Music Firm. Released: 2011. Where did this question come from, you’re asking? What does Norman Rockwell have to do … Continue reading
Ladies Fingers and Naked Ladies !
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “Let the Sun Shine In” from Kings & Queens of the Forest by Kira Willey. Released: 2011. While looking through some of my antique cookbooks, I came across one, which I had not previously … Continue reading
Recipes without Quantities – Tuscan fun!
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “O Mio Babbino Caro From Gianni Schicchi” from Tuscany: A Romantic Journey by Roberto Occhipinti. Released: 2005. A recent cookbook I came across in my travels was “A Tuscan in the Kitchen”, by Pino … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Eating, Food Trends, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged Cook, Cookbook, cookbooks, Cooking, Florence, Italian cuisine, O mio babbino caro, Pasta, Pino Luongo, time capsules, Tuscan Food, Tuscany
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So, Who was Marcel Boulestin?
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “Quel Fromage #1” from Club De Paris – Traditional French Cafe Music by Café Chill Lounge Club. I am an inveterate fan of cooking shows and have been as long as I can remember … Continue reading
How to Cook Husbands
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music: “A Husband, A Wife”, Ethel Merman, featuring Jimmy Durante, first recorded in 1951, from the album “Vintage American Comedy”, released 2011 What is this? An episode from The Twilight Zone? Maybe you recall that one….the … Continue reading
The Liebster Award
I want to thank Transplanted Cook for nominating me to The Liebster Award. I was delighted to accept. The questions posed to me were as follows, along with my responses: 1. If you could invite any cookbook author to dine … Continue reading
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Ash Pans and Grate Beds and Fire Boxes, Oh My!
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music by Southern Rail, ‘The Old Wood Burning Stove’, from ‘Wasting my Time’ In my collection, I have the ‘Home Comfort Cook Book’, published by the manufacturer of Home Comfort Ranges, the Wrought Iron Range Co., … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Cooking and Social History, Eating, Uncategorized, Vintage Cookbooks
Tagged Cook, Cookbook, cookbooks, Cooking, food history, Home Comfort Cook Book, Home Comfort Range, Microwave oven, Oven, social history, St. Louis, time capsules, Wrought Iron Range Co.
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